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US 2015/0086283 A1Published application
Ball-end milling cutter tool
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsRaja Kountanya, Changsheng Guo
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Abstract
A tool is disclosed that has an elongated tool body defining a longitudinal axis and includes a ball-end section having a positive taper angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the tool body, and a relief section that extends rearwardly from the ball-end section and has a negative taper angle relative to the positive taper angle of the ball-end section.
Claims20
A tool comprising:
- an elongated tool body defining a longitudinal axis and including a ball-end section having a positive taper angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the tool body, and a relief section extending rearwardly from the ball-end section and having a negative taper angle relative to the positive taper angle of the ball-end section.
A tool comprising:
- an elongated tool body defining a longitudinal axis and including a radially outwardly tapering ball-end section, and a radially inwardly tapering relief section extending rearwardly from the ball-end section.
A tool comprising:
- a) a conically expanding distal portion having a positive taper angle;
- b) a conically reducing medial portion having a negative taper angle;
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- c) a conically expanding proximal portion having a positive taper angle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.